Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-14
An APPLE W0MAN'S STORY

- FROM verses ON susan Coolidge,
An APPLE W0MAN'S STORY
Trims three cints apiece. sur, two fur
five cInts-Baldwins they are-the pick of
the bar'l an as sound as ever growed
/ Thank We. sir. Am doing a good busi-
hess! In gineral, l dO-;here be hapes Of
folks comes Ia these offices, an they buys
liberal but today il dirty an sloppy an
. they're all in hurry. lt'sa n good stand
l have, amy way. God be praised, an av
1 wor taken sick | have enough in the
bank To nurse an To bury me daycent.
without akin charity. An my good luck
all KEN Suddin.
II must be an interestin' story. Well,
| dunno; but | don't mind tellin' av You
care 10 listen. You see, Mickey McAvoy
an had been married six years an we
had but one by, but he was a fine one, an
we were doin' well. Mickey was sober an
industrious, an ambitious of ownin' a
farm out in the west, where they do be
givin' 'em away, ay you've the names TO
stock thin an git to thim-for he'd been
brought up on big farm on the ovid sod
beyant But it wasn't TO be.
The by he tux sick wan day wild the
dipthery, AMI in spite of all the doctor
could do-sorra the little they kin do whin
yer times come-he died The heart was
bruk o me, but Mickey tux it harder. an
that's sayin' dale. seein' that was the
b'y's mother. The day after the funeral
Mickey had 10 go to work or lose job.
an, whether il was Wild the sorrow or
what, poor Mickey's fut slipped ON the
laIHAr an hln. n,.rh %, ha fs.f, a,,. hos
brought him home dead
We'd saved somethin' betune us-he
wild the hod and wild the washin'-but
what wild the funeral--an' illigant it was.
twelve carriages an a cashkit. to say
no;hin' of lashin's of the best at the wake
Il had but tin dollars an some cints left.
an | cast around to do somethin to kape
the life in me, for | was too worn OUT for
the washin'. N l got "A basket an Ifilled
il with apples an paynuts an wint rom
10 the offices TO sell 'em. An I did well,
TOO The young clarks'd buy the apples
sometimes. an the janitors an Office b'ys
the paynuts, an male ont to pay the
riut Of my room an to get the bite an
the sup.
Wan day whin l KEN home Mrs. Fin
nerty, who lived on the iiure below an
whose husband is brick mason seq To
me. sez She: did you hear that noise las
night, o grnanin' in the room back o
ye;' Il didn't, seZ |, ''ay il WAS in the
night. Tor I slape sound" Well" she
sez, its the gerril that runs the sewin'
machine, " she seq. an she's sick an I've
been there 10 day, an will ye help little
TO night" she sez. for I've the baby TO
mind" Il will sez l, an did The
gerril's name was Cherry Bashford, an
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